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Safety Precautions

Safety is essential in the pharmacy setting to protect employees, patients, and the environment. Personal safety involves protecting employees from physical harm through proper handling of substances, supplies, equipment, and body mechanics. Environmental safety requires maintaining a clean workplace with proper ventilation, lighting, and equipment setup. Regulatory agencies provide oversight. Safe practices are needed to ensure patients receive the right drug, dosage, route and time of administration according to the prescriber's directions. Practitioners must be familiar with medication side effects and adhere to policies and procedures to avoid errors and protect all involved.

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Safety Precautions

Safety is essential in the pharmacy setting to protect employees, patients, and the environment. Personal safety involves protecting employees from physical harm through proper handling of substances, supplies, equipment, and body mechanics. Environmental safety requires maintaining a clean workplace with proper ventilation, lighting, and equipment setup. Regulatory agencies provide oversight. Safe practices are needed to ensure patients receive the right drug, dosage, route and time of administration according to the prescriber's directions. Practitioners must be familiar with medication side effects and adhere to policies and procedures to avoid errors and protect all involved.

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Safety in the Pharmacy

Personal safety
safety from physical harm

Substances
supplies (chemicals, poisons, etc.)
equipment
improper body mechanics

Personal Safety
employee responsibilities
maintain a safe work place
apply principles of proper body mechanics
wear appropriate PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)
when indicated
follow proper procedures in handling pharmaceutical
agents that may pose a hazard to the practicioner
know and apply the policies and procedures in case of
emergency

Environmental Safety

Environmental Safety
clean work place
proper ventilation
proper lighting
adequate set-up and layout of work place
proper functioning equipment

Regulatory Agencies
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations (JCAHO)
Pharmacy Boards

Safe Practices

Patients trust pharmacy personnel to:


provide accurate and competent service
safe and effective medications
dispense according to prescribers directions

Pharmacist must ensure:

right drug
right patient
right dosage
right route
right time
right attitude

Practitioner must be familiar with:

Common side effects


Contraindications
Drug or food reactions with medications
Generic drugs that may be substituted

Practitioner should know at minimum the


following information for the drugs most
used in individual practice setting or
geographical location
Adverse drug
reactions
Side effects
Contradictions
Safe/effective dosage
range

Drug/food interactions
Common dosage
regimens
Dosage forms
Route of
administration

Reviewing Refills
Number of refills
Correct drug selection
Significantly early or late requests for refills
may indicate medication misuse.

Beware of Dispensing Errors!!

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